What floorstanding speakers is the best choice?

jessefrost
jessefrost Posts: 3
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I've got an Onkyo Tx-8270 audio receiver (Two channel). Need to know which speakers I should pick. I'm new on this.
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,789
    Budget?
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  • jessefrost
    jessefrost Posts: 3
    $500 - $800
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited September 2020
    At that budget, it's hard to say which is best. You need to try various models to see which one works best with your stereo and room.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Monitor 70 Series II
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  • jessefrost
    jessefrost Posts: 3
    Isn't Monitor 70 series II better for a home theater system?
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,646
    jessefrost wrote: »
    I've got an Onkyo Tx-8270 audio receiver (Two channel). Need to know which speakers I should pick. I'm new on this.

    With that receiver and wanting floor standing Polk's in your budget the best bet would be the S55.
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,789
    ^^^👍
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  • afterburnt
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    jessefrost wrote: »
    Isn't Monitor 70 series II better for a home theater system?

    I used them for music for a good while and they were pretty good once I added an amp which I don't believe is an option with your receiver. I suggested them because they are within your budget. I've heard a lot of good things about the Signature series from the Polkies and I would go with their recommendation.
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  • Plegometer
    Plegometer Posts: 1
    I recommend Wharfedale Evo 4.4, though it is more than your budget, it is worth the investment.
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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,525
    Unfortunately the Evo 4.4 are $1998 a pair. Good looking speakers though with interesting drivers. Appear to need placement in a large room too. I'd be concerned about someone smoking those fancy tweeters with a smallish stereo integrated into a 4 ohm load.
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,601
    edited September 2020
    Plegometer wrote: »
    I recommend Wharfedale Evo 4.4, though it is more than your budget, it is worth the investment.

    Welcome to Club Polk! I would imagine the Wharfedale's are a great speaker but like @Emlyn stated, not a great match for a mass market AVR. Now if the IP is looking for a platform speaker to start his journey on. Yes, by all means but we have yet to hear his long term goals.
    jessefrost wrote: »
    $500 - $800

    This is off kilter a bit but look if you are looking for Polk Audio I'd look for a pair of Monitor 10's, SDA 2's or if not Polk look at some Klipsch KG4's, Infinity RS series. All of these though are getting long in the tooth and would need the crossovers upgraded but with a few hundred dollars and some of your sweat equity you could have a great sounding speaker well within your budget.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    Elac has great bang-for-the-buck options.
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  • JustM1ke
    JustM1ke Posts: 6
    Polk's signature series is very good with music. I own a pair of S55's and the center imaging is really good. If your a bass head, you could try the RTIA9's but I heard RTI series isn't that great with music. I have the ELAC Debut B6.2s, and those speakers are very revealing and accurate, I can imagine the ELAC towers being the same. You throw compressed music (like Spotify) at the ELAC's and you can hear the faults in the compression.
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